When Akshay Kumar said he doesn’t ‘believe in any religion, only in being Indian’

Akshay Kumar celebrates his 56th birthday on Saturday. Over the years, he is given a number of memorable statements to the press. One of them in current reminiscence was in the course of the promotions of his 2021 movie Sooryavanshi, when he mentioned he would not imagine in any faith, however solely believes in being Indian. (Also Read: Mission Raniganj teaser: Akshay Kumar is on a rescue operation once more, this time in a coal mine. Watch)

When Akshay mentioned ‘I only believe in being Indian’

Akshay was requested in an interview with PTI whether or not he feels Sooryavanshi is skewed in the direction of any explicit faith. He mentioned, “I don’t believe in any religion. I only believe in being Indian and that is what the film also shows. The idea of being an Indian and not about being a Parsi or a Hindu or a Muslim, we haven’t looked at it on the basis of the religion.”

He added that it wasn’t a acutely aware selection to color any explicit faith in villainious colors within the movie. “We make movies which have destructive and optimistic roles, I’m simply enjoying a personality. In each movie there can be each good and dangerous characters, the viewers is wise sufficient to know what to take again from the movie – the great or the dangerous,” he added.

Sooryavanshi, directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment, is a part of the director’s cop universe. It also starred Katrina Kaif, Jackie Shroff, Ranveer Singh, and Ajay Devgn.

Akshay Kumar gets Indian citizenship

Akshay Kumar got his Indian citizenship as recently as this year’s Independence Day. The actor posted a picture of the documents on his social media. Previously, Akshay held only the Canadian citizenship.

“Yes, I had said it in 2019, I applied for it (Indian citizenship). Then uske baad pandemic aagaya. Uske 2-2.5 saal sab kuch band hogaya. Renounce ka abhi mera letter aagaya hai (Then the pandemic happened and everything shut down for 2-2.5 years. My renounce letter is here) and very soon my whole passport will be coming,” Akshay mentioned on the 2019 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

Akshay Kumar was final seen within the courtroom drama OMG 2, which turned out to be a field workplace hit. He will subsequent be seen in Mission Raniganj, slated to launch in cinemas on October 6.